PRACTICE OF STATISTICS F/AP EXAM
PRACTICE OF STATISTICS F/AP EXAM
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781319113339
Author: Starnes
Publisher: MAC HIGHER
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Chapter 4.1, Problem 6E

(a)

To determine

To identify the type of sampling done in the given study.

(a)

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Answer to Problem 6E

Voluntary response survey

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Voluntary response survey refers to the type of sampling method in which researcher does not select the sample instead the people them volunteer in the sampling.

In this the researcher posted the questionnaire on the site and then the people themselves submitted their responses. So it is a type voluntary response survey

(b)

To determine

To explain the reason due to which the given sampling is biased and also explain the whether it is smaller or larger than the true value.

(b)

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The voluntary response sampling is the type of sampling in which people themselves voluntary response in the sampling. In such kind of sampling mostly the people with high confidence responded back and those people do not completely represents the entire population.

Therefore, it is a biased sampling. Also the percentage is reasonable very high compared to the true percentage

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Chapter 4 Solutions

PRACTICE OF STATISTICS F/AP EXAM

Ch. 4.1 - Prob. 1ECh. 4.1 - Prob. 2ECh. 4.1 - Prob. 3ECh. 4.1 - Prob. 4ECh. 4.1 - Prob. 5ECh. 4.1 - Prob. 6ECh. 4.1 - Prob. 7ECh. 4.1 - Prob. 8ECh. 4.1 - Prob. 9ECh. 4.1 - Prob. 10E
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